God, yes.
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I am a bad film fan.
Should there be spanking?
Amazon has the box set of the trilogy for about $30, and it's worth every penny.
That reminds me, I've tried Kieslowski's The Decalogue about 7-8 years ago and couldn't really get into it. Maybe it's time to give it another go.
On the DVD, Juliette Binoche talks about how she turned down a role in Jurassic Park to be in Bleu.
Smart lady.
[squirt, squirt, squirt]
GAH!
I love Bleu, but I love Rouge just a smidgeon more. The whole trilogy is great though.
Vonnie and I share a mind on this.
I also enjoy how the "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" themes play subtly. You can enjoy the movies without feeling the anvils of theme.
Loved, loved, loved the trilogy. So I thought I'd love Decalogue as well. Nearly had me opening a vein. Depised it to a power of ten and could not figure out how three such beautiful, finely crafted pieces of art could come out of the same man as these other pieces of something other than art.
I guess it's like birthing children. Crap shoot.
White was definitely my least favorite of the trilogy, but it had my favorite of the lead actresses.
Me neither. (I don't know if it's better or worse that I'm pretty sure we own it, I just haven't watched them yet. Or maybe we don't. I can't remember.)
You, in this case, are me. And we do own it. I think. I'm pretty certain Paul bought it, because he's been trying to get me to watch the trilogy for almost a decade, and I'm just never in the mood.
Julie Delpy! Siiiigh. I do like Blanc quite a bit; just not as much as I love the other two.
The first time I watched Rouge, I actually burst into tears of happiness at the end. It was the damnedest thing. Well, maybe "happiness" is the wrong term--it left me euphoric and bittersweet at the same time, like the world was a bigger, wiser, and more unfathomable than it was before I saw the film. (Damn, that sounds pretentious as hell.)
I rented Bleu about a month ago, and I thought it was overrated (although almost nothing could live up to its reputation). However, I tend to dislike movies where everything is so massively serious.
(I'm also a bad film fan.)